New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) Delhi Sunday recorded the hottest day of the season in the past four years at 31.6 degrees Celsius. The Met office has forecast a further rise in day temperature Monday.

The maximum temperature settled at 31.6 degrees Celsius, six notches above the average. The minimum was recorded at 16.6 degrees Celsius, five degrees above the average for this time of the season.

'The temperature is likely to increase further with the maximum and minimum temperature Monday settling at 32 degrees and 16 degrees Celsius,' an India Meteorological Department (IMD) official told IANS.